Below you’ll find a list of IPCoMM members, including executive committee members and the primary/alternate representatives for each Alaska Native Organization that make up the membership of IPCoMM. Links to several members are available on the Board of Directors web page.
Executive Committee
(2 Year Terms, all seats up for re-elections Fall 2025)
Mike Miller, Chair
Taqulik Hepa, Vice-Chair
Jennifer Hooper, Secretary/Treasurer
Vera Metcalf, Committee Member
Tom Gray, Committee Member
1. Alaska Beluga Whale Committee
Tom Gray (primary) – Nome, AK
2. Alaska Nannut Co-Management Council
Charlie Brower (primary) – Barrow, AK
Ben Payenna (alternate) – Nome, AK
3. Aleut Community of St. Paul Island
Marissa Merculieff (primary) – St. Paul Island, AK
Aaron Lestenkof (alternate) – St. Paul Island, AK
4. Aleut Marine Mammal Commission
Josephine Shangin (primary) – Akutan, AK
Peter Devine Jr. (alternate) – Sand Point, AK
5. Assn. of Village Council Presidents—IUM
Jennifer Hooper (primary) – Bethel, AK
6. Bristol Bay Marine Mammal Council
Gayla Hoseth (primary) – Dillingham, AK
Jorjana Dray (alternate) – Dillingham, AK
7. Central Council Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska
Rob Sanderson Jr (primary) – Ketchikan, AK
Paulette Moreno (alternate) – Sitka, AK
8. Chugach Regional Resources Commission
Willow Hetrick (primary) – Cordova, AK
Priscilla Evans (alternate) – Nanwalek
9. Eskimo Walrus Commission
Vera Metcalf (primary) – Nome, AK
Charles Brower (alternate) – Barrow, AK
10. Ice Seal Committee
Billy Adams (primary) – Barrow, AK
11. Inuit Circumpolar Council—Alaska
Kelly Eningowuk (primary) – Anchorage, AK
12. Kodiak Island Tribal Coalition, (observer)
Natasha Hayden (primary) – Kodiak, AK
Alexandria Troxell (secondary) – Wasilla, AK
13. Maniilaq Association
Tim Smith (primary) – Kotzebue, AK
14. North Slope Borough, Dept. of Wildlife Management
Taqulik Hepa (primary) – Barrow, AK
Nicole Wojciechowski (alternate) – Barrow, AK
15. Sitka Marine Mammal Commission
Mike Miller (primary) – Sitka, AK
16. Traditional Council of St. George Island
Hertha Kashevarof (primary) – St. George Island, AK
17. Native Village of Tyonek
Johann Bartels (primary) – Tyonek, AK
Ashley Payenna, Executive Director IPCoMM